The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age
by Anker, Suzanne, and Nelkin, Dorothy
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0879696974
- ISBN 13
- 9780879696979
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About This Item
Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004. Cloth, xxiii, 216 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "The gene has become a cultural icon and an increasingly rich source of imagery and ideas for visual artists. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary painting and sculpture, The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age explores the moral and bioethical questions these works address. What does it mean to be human? What is "identity" in a society of genetically manipulated individuals? Questions like these are growing louder as genetic technology advances and the public examines the ethical consequences more widely. Suzanne Anker and Dorothy Nelkin, an artist and a social scientist, have written a thought-provoking and visually fascinating book for scientists, artists, students, and general readers intrigued by the anxiety and exhilaration of the genetic age." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Divining DNA, by Philip R. Reilly; Deciphering DNA: the art and science of a supermolecule; Reductionism: the body as a "code script" of information; Mutation, manipulation, and monsters: the new grotesque in art; Blurring boundaries: chimeras and transgenics; Breeding better babies: a new eugenics?,; Commodification: genes for sale; Science as culture: through the artist's lens; Lists of artists and their works; Appendix, group art exhibits that focus on genetics concepts.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to.
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- Title
- The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age
- Author
- Anker, Suzanne, and Nelkin, Dorothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0879696974
- ISBN 13
- 9780879696979
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
- Place of Publication
- Cold Spring Harbor, NY
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; American / 6. Late Modern, 1945-1999; American / 7. Contemporary, 2000-;
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